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Package Bees

Bees are vital to our world food supplies and are used all over the globe to pollinate valuable food crops. It has been suggested that $ 5 billion of New Zealand’s economy is attributable to pollination by honeybees.

Our commitment to constantly improving and utilizing the most cutting edge methods and technology is paramount to Arataki’s thriving success and this is going to continue in an attempt to lessen the world shortage of honey bees.
Although Arataki Rotorua predominantly exports bees to Canada, live honey bees have also been exported to Scotland, Korea and the USA.

The only limit we have in the countries we deal with is getting direct air flights and the country concerned allowing the importation of bees.

Russell Berry, the managing director of Arataki Honey Rotorua, is on the National Beekeepers’ Assn of New Zealand and the president of the NZ Queen Breeders Assn, still personally oversees the exports of package bees.

When you buy Arataki, you can be sure of quality.

Please Note:

We do not supply package bees or nuc’s in New Zealand

We do supply a limited number of queens and cells to the New Zealand market during our spring, but nothing overseas during this period.

We export package bees and queens from beginning of February to the end of May.